Master of Arts in Education:
Curriculum and Instruction in Multicultural Contexts

Program Outcomes

Prepared professionals in the CIMC program will be committed to engaging in reflective scholarly practices, integrating sound, theoretical knowledge with Christian faith perspectives, and improving decisionmaking strategies to serve diverse communities of learners as they become:

1. Community Builders, building relationships with and taking advocacy roles for students, families, and organizations in diverse communities, integrating the ethical perspectives of a Christian worldview.
2. Responsive Teachers, assessing and responding to the strengths, capabilities, and resources of students in diverse settings.
3. Strategic Teachers, designing and implementing effective, creative, and collaborative learning contexts for diverse students.
4. Social Justice Advocates, serving as advocates for issues of social justice in local and global settings; and modeling ethical perspectives, guiding students in gaining greater awareness and taking action on these issues.
5. Teacher Researchers, valuing their roles as teacher action researchers as a means to transform schools and schooling and to promote ethical perspectives.

Coursework supports teachers in pursuing project-based inquires, valuing the process of reflective teaching, developing their own literate voices, strengthening a lifelong commitment to learning and researching in the classroom, and taking on new leadership and advocacy roles for students, families, and other educators in culturally diverse communities.